The group debuted on May 26, 2015 with the extended play (EP) 17 Carat, which became the longest-charting K-pop album of the year in the US and the only rookie album to appear on Billboard's "10 Best K-Pop Albums of 2015" list. Seventeen has released four studio albums, twelve EPs and three reissues.
Seventeen is considered a "self-producing" idol group, with the members actively involved in songwriting and choreographing, as well as many other aspects of their music and performances. They perform as one group and are divided into three units—hip-hop, vocal, and performance—each with a different area of specialization. They have been labeled "Performance Kings", "Theater Kids of K-Pop", and "K-Pop Performance Powerhouse'" by various domestic and international media outlets.
Name
The name Seventeen is derived from the expression "13 members + 3 units + 1 group", representing how the 13 members divided into three different units come together to form one cohesive group.
Seventeen BSS
On March 21, 2018, members DK, Seungkwan, and Hoshi, debuted as a special sub-unit called BSS (Korean: 부석순) or BooSeokSoon, a nickname for the three members together. They released their first single "Just Do It" and promoted for a brief period
Awards and achievements
Seventeen have won numerous awards, both in South Korea and internationally. The group earned their first-ever weekly music show win on May 4, 2016 with their single "Pretty U" on the Show Champion.
Seventeen won three rookie awards in their debut year and have since earned six Bonsang (main prize) and three Daesang (grand prize) awards from various year-end award shows. They also won the Best Dance Performance Award at the Mnet Asian Music Awards in 2017 and 2018.
On October 28, 2020, Seventeen received a Prime Minister's Commendation at the Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards for their contribution to the development of South Korea's contemporary pop culture and arts. In September 2021, the group was awarded the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award at the 2021 Newsis Hallyu Expo. They were also nominated for Top Social Artist at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards.
Seventeen was the first-ever K-pop artist featured on both MTV PUSH, a global campaign curated by MTV’s music and talent teams in both the US and internationally, and MTV’s 'We Speak Music' campaign, which highlights artists who have shown the best performances on MTV under the theme of “Music as a universal language”. At the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, they were nominated for Best New Artist, Best K-Pop and won Push Performance of the Year, making history as the first K-pop artist to be nominated and win the categ 
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